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I used to think this couldn't happen here. Then I figured if it did it would be christians. I think I see more clearly now. I figure it's the devout that are attacking, right? I mean are the casual muslims in on this riot action too? The more I learn about islam and -- the devout followers of the pedo moho the happier i am to be an american atheist. Or atheist in america. The is no god. Get over it. Unhappy now? In pain? It wont get better after death. You just cease. Work for change in the present.

SARAJEVO (AFP) — Organizers of Bosnia's first-ever gay rights festival said on Thursday they were moving the event underground the day after participants were attacked by hooligans at the opening ceremony.
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Eight people, including two journalists and a policeman, were injured on Wednesday in attacks by dozens of anti-gay protesters following the opening ceremony in downtown Sarajevo, where posters declaring "Death to Homos" have appeared in recent days.

A heavy police deployment prevented the participants from being attacked as they were leaving the ceremony in the Academy of Fine Arts, but the violence spread to nearby streets.

Organizers said that the attackers even dragged some people from vehicles to beat them.

Association Q provoked fury with the announcement that they were organizing the four-day festival, particularly upsetting the Muslim majority as it is happening during the holy month of Ramadan.

You've been there, so I'll ask you (when I was there it was called Yugoslavia). Is this a "new" thing since the separation, or did it happen under Tito and we just never heard about it?

I lvied there for almost two years after the wars, but never while it was Yugoslavia. From what I observed about social attitudes and mores, I would guess that it was always there. I doubt Tito would have allowed any gay parades or festivals, so it probably never became an open issue. But I suspect disdain for gays was there, beneath the surface.

BTW, the residents of Sarajevo are the last of the true Yugoslavs. The vast majority look back at Tito with great fondness and regret for an era and a possibility they view as squandered by the actions of Milosovic.

On edit: BC, if you're interested in the region at all, the far and away best book on the culture and history of the area is Robert Kaplan's Balkan Ghosts.

'91 might not have been the best time to be there. But you're right, it's a beautiful area, particularly Croatia. I used to love to go to Korchula, birthplace of Marco Polo, and a beatufiul Croatian island in the Adriatic.